Inferring Ocean Transport from SWOT
- Lead PI: Ryan Abernathey , K Shafer Smith
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Unit Affiliation: Ocean and Climate Physics, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO)
- June 2020 - May 2021
- Inactive
- Global
- Project Type: Research
DESCRIPTION: SWOT is designed to measure sea-surface height (SSH) . However, its value to the oceanography community depends on our ability to infer SSH-adjacent quantities related to ocean transport. Our team’s overarching goal is to develop robust techniques for inferring ocean transport from SWOT measurements. We concentrate on two main aspects of transport: lateral velocities near the surface and vertical fluxes of tracers in the upper ocean.